Gap Year Programme

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Working as a Gap Year Team Member with the Youth Ministry Team will give you the opportunity to live a community lifestyle and minister both to each other and to all the young people in the diocese you will meet during the programme.

During your gap year you would be participating in school missions, residential retreats at the Emmaus Youth Village, which will also be your home, and other events organised by YMT, such as summer festivals, The Source, Confirmation programmes, youth conferences, and fundraising events.

Your responsibility includes participating in all training programmes, challenging yourself to live in service with each other and to be a witness to the ministry, planning and delivering programmes, and facilitating and organizing activities involving prayer and reflection, small group and big group activities, and outdoor games.

We are looking for a mature young adult (18+) who is passionate about making the Gospel relevant to young people through Youth Ministry, with good interpersonal skills, energetic, enthusiastic, and willing to serve others. You must be open to learn and grow in faith, a team player and able to cope within a fast-paced working environment. It is essential that you are self-driven, take initiative and can work within a diverse team putting service at the heart of community living.

Residential Retreats

Day Retreats

Outreach (Missions)

Primary School ages

Secondary School ages

University age

Work in Parishes

Accept International Members

Sixth Form ages

Overseas Trip (CAFOD)

Support for the CYMFed Youth Ministry Course or other studies

Have you heard of the CAFOD-YMT Programme called 'Step into the Gap?

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UK Experience

Overseas Experience

Work with an international team and community with YMT

Receive training and formation in communicating the Gospel to young people

Work with young people in a variety of settings: school, parish, retreat centre

Bring new perspectives from your overseas placement to enrich the community

Bring new perspectives to the work of CAFOD in the UK

Discover things you didn't know about yourself as you develop new skills

Explore your faith

Take up a four to six-week work placement in Africa, South America or Asia with a CAFOD partner on grassroots community development projects with others from the UK

Training and preparation before you go

Get to know a country in a way that you never could as a backpacker

Get to know a community in depth - eat, drink, sleep, work, pray, celebrate, and share your life with those you meet

Be prepared to be changed by the encounter

Make new friendships

Discover new perspectives

Explore your faith

Reflect on your role in a global societ

If you are in interested in this programme, fill up the 'Gap Year Form' below and answer 'Yes' to the question 'Would you like to join the CAFOD Step into the Gap Programme'?

Hannah BartlettCounty Durham, UK

Calm · Enthusiastic · Giggly

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jeremiah 29:11

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ScienceBusiness

SpotifyHealth App

Mexican

Peanuts

Josie Shilcock

Consett, United Kingdom

Bubbly · Enthusiastic · Chatty

Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

SaturdaysMondays

LunchMorning

AutumnWinter

PhilosophyMaths

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Veggie LasagneBacon

Kayne WhitemanCoventry, UK

Firm · Funny · Easy

All that I have is yours... but your younger brother

is lost and now he is found.

Luke 15:31-32

Fridays

Mondays

4.00pm

8.00am

Autumn

Summer

Maths

History

Spotify

Tik Tok

Desserts

Fish

Lewis HumpreysNewcastle, UK

Kind · Happy · Polo

My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.

Luke 15:31-32

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Night

Morning

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ScienceBusiness

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Potato

Sprouts

Mark CastilloCebu City, Philippines

Kind · Generous · Joyful

'There is time for everything.'

Ecclesiastes 3:1

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Dawn

After Lunch

Spring

Winter

R.E. Maths

Facebook

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Spicy

Fish

Niamh NewtonChester-le-Street, UK

Ambitious · Tired · Determined

In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

James 2:17

SaturdaysMondays

Night Time

Early Morning

AutumnSummer

Politics

Physics

Messenger

Alarm

Pizza

Mushrooms

Ruth McGivernGateshead, UK

Loud · Whirlwind · Annoying

I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord. - 2 Kings 20:5

Saturdays

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Dinner TimeBed Time

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English

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Mushroom

Below are short videos of past Gap Year Team Members sharing their personal stories while they were in YMT and how it impacted their lives. It is hoped that these short videos would inspire other young people to take the big step in joining the Team in the future. Swipe left or right for more YMT Stories.

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